Electoral district of Sydney-King
{{short description|Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}
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Sydney-King was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 in central Sydney from part of the electoral district of East Sydney and named after Governor King. It was initially east of George Street, north of Liverpool Street and Oxford Street and west of Riley Street. It also included Lord Howe Island.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236130812 |title=The Lord Howe Island Franchise. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 November 1893 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222121033 |title=IN THE MATTER OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT OF 1893, AND SECTIONS 13 AND 14 THEREOF. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=586 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 August 1893 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=6565 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1904, its name was changed to King.{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=2020-09-20}}{{cite web |title=Former Members |work=Members of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx |access-date=12 December 2019}}{{cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Sydney-King |year=DistrictIndexes |district=SydneyKing |access-date=2020-09-30}}
Members for King
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colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
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{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}|
| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}} | 1894–1901 | ||
{{Australian party style|Progressive}}|
| {{Australian politics/name|Progressive}} | 1901–1904 |
Election results
{{Main|Electoral results for the district of Sydney-King}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election|section=Sydney-King}}
References
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{{Electoral districts of New South Wales}}
{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales|state=expanded}}
{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales}}
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Category:Former electoral districts of New South Wales
Category:Constituencies established in 1894
Category:1894 establishments in Australia
Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1901
Category:1904 disestablishments in Australia
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